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Print ghost story

Anonymous
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In the layout, is it possible to print a ghost story faded back behind the current story the same way it appears in the project map.
Thanks
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TomWaltz
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It would be nice, but no..
Tom Waltz
__archiben
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Yves wrote:
In the layout, is it possible to print a ghost story faded back behind the current story the same way it appears in the project map.
it would be nice - what kind of use do you have in mind?

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You can't automatically print a ghost story, but you CAN get the same effect by sending a view of the other story and overlaying the views. You'll want to change the pen set, of course, for the ghost story.
Richard
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Richard Morrison, Architect-Interior Designer
AC26 (since AC6.0), Win10
Anonymous
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Thanks,
One application would be to print each story with the site plan faded back to see how they relate. We usually insert the dwg site plan from the surveyor as the lowest level.
Other application is to track down vertical loads on structural plans by having above level shown faded back.
As for your idea Richard, we use a paper roll so it may be problematic.
Thank you.
Yves wrote:
As for your idea Richard, we use a paper roll so it may be problematic.
Huh??? Yves, I'm talking about simply dragging one view on top of another and printing a single sheet that way. Views can be transparent, so they are "stackable". In fact, before V10 pen sets, it was fairly common practice to overlay a framing plan, say, on top of a grayed-out base plan background on the same sheet.
Richard
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Richard Morrison, Architect-Interior Designer
AC26 (since AC6.0), Win10
Anonymous
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Thanks Richard,
This works fine.